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CHEERY 

IDEALS 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


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ASTER  of  human  destiny  am  I! 

Fame,  love  and  fortune  on  my  footsteps  wait. 
Cities  and  fields  I  walk ;  j  penetrate 
Deserts  and  seas  remote,  and  passing  by 
Hovel  and  mart  and  palace,  soon  or  lcite 


I  knock  unbidden  once  at  every  gate! 

If  sleeping,  wake;  if  feasting,  rise  before 
I  turn  away.  It  is  the  hour  of  fate, 

And  they  who  follow  me  reach  every  state 
Mortals  desire,  and  conquer  every  foe 
Save  death :  but  those  who  doubt  or  hesitate, 
Condemned  to  failure,  penury  and  woe, 

Seek  me  in  vain  and  uselessly  implore; 

I  answer  not,  and  I  return  no  more. 

— John  J.  Ingalls . 


TRENGTH  of  character  consists  of  two  things— power 
^  of  will  and  power  of  self-restraint.  It  requires,  there¬ 
fore,  for  its  existence,  strong  feelings  and  strong  command 
over  them.  —?•  W.  Robertson. 


^OOD  name,  in  man  and  woman, 

Is  the  immediate  jewel  of  their  souls. 

Who  steals  my  purse,  steals  trash ;  ’tis  something,  nothing ; 
’Twas  mine,  ’tis  his,  and  has  been  slave  to  thousands; 
But  he  that  filches  from  me  my  good  name, 

Robs  me  of  that,  which  not  enriches  him, 

And  makes  me  poor  indeed.  — Shakespeare . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


&  IVE  for  something,  have  a  purpose, 

And  that  purpose  keep  in  view ; 

Drifting  like  a  helpless  vessel, 

Thou  canst  ne’er  to  life  be  true, 

Half  the  wrecks  that  strew  life’s  ocean, 

If  some  start  had  been  their  guide, 

Might  have  long  been  riding  safely, — 

But  they  drifted  with  the  tide. 

— Robert  Whitaker. 


m  ITH  malice  towards  none;  with  charity  for  all;  with 
firmness  in  the  right,  as  God  gives  us  to  see  the  right, 
let  us  strive  on  to  finish  the  work  we  are  in ;  to  bind  up  the 
nation’s  wound;  to  care  for  him  who  shall  have  borne  the 
battle  and  for  his  widow  and  orphan — to  do  all  which  may 
achieve  and  cherish  a  just  and  lasting  peace  among  ourselves 
and  with  all  nations.  — Abraham  Lincoln . 


rr  us  never  be  betrayed  into  saying  we  have  finished  our 
education;  because  that  would  mean  we  had  stopped 
growing.  There  is  always  the  upward  dimension  possible  for 
us.  — Julia  H.  Gulliver. 


c  HE  best  help  is  not  to  bear  the  troubles  of  others  for 
them,  but  to  inspire  them  with  courage  and  energy  to 
bear  their  burdens  for  themselves  and  meet  the  difficulties  of 
life  bravely.  — Lubbock. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


T  is  in  loving,  not  in  being  loved, 

The  heart  is  blessed; 

It  is  in  giving,  not  in  seeking  gifts, 

We  find  our  quest. 

Whatever  be  thy  longing  or  thy  need, 

That  do  thou  give. 

So  shalt  thy  soul  be  fed,  and  thou,  indeed, 

Shalt  truly  live.  — M.  B .  Russell. 

MY  HEART  LEAPS  UP  WHEN  I  BEHOLD 

I|Y  heart  leaps  up  when  I  behold 
A  rainbow  in  the  sky; 

So  was  it  when  my  life  began; 

So  is  it  now  I  am  a  man; 

So  be  it  when  I  shall  grow  old, 

Or  let  me  die! 

The  Child  is  father  of  the  Man; 

And  I  could  wish  my  days  to  be 
Bound  each  to  each  by  natural  piety. 

— Wordsworth * 

F  there  be  no  loyalty  there  can  be  no  great  friendship. 

'  —Black. 

ALWAYS  endeavor  to  be  really  what  you  would  wish  to 
appear.  — Granville  Sharp. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


£jg)  OME  friendships  grow  and  ripen  steadily  with  the  years. 

They  have  become  part  of  our  lives  and  we  just  accept 
them  with  sweet  content  and  glad  confidence.  We  have  dis¬ 
covered  that  somehow  we  are  rested  and  inspired  by  a  certain 
comradeship;  that  we  understand  and  are  understood  easily. 

— Black. 


OOD  habits,  habits  of  industry,  conscientiousness,  thor¬ 
oughness,  method,  accuracy,  and  punctuality,  once 
formed  by  a  young  man,  are  a  fortune  of  themselves;  in- 
wrought  in  the  very  fibres  of  his  being,  they  become  a  part 
of  himself,  and  insure  his  success  as  no  outward  help  can 
possibly  do.  On  the  other  hand,  bad  habits,  though  quickly 
acquired,  hang  forever  on  the  wheels  of  enterprise,  and  ob¬ 
struct  and  defeat  all  progress,  to  the  ruin  and  shame  of  their 
victim.  —William  Matthews. 


“2L  N  achievement  to  be  proud  of  is  that  which  carries  im¬ 
mortality  with  it.  No  success  is  worthy  the  name 
which  does  not  include  character  development.  If  a  career 
has  not  an  upward  as  well  as  an  onward  tendency,  if  a  man 
has  groveled  in  the  mire,  he  is  a  failure,  though  he  have  mil¬ 
lions.  That  only  is  real  success  which  aspires,  which  looks 
up,  and  which  helps  to  look  up  as  well.,, 


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O  the  duty  which  lies  nearest  thee, 
already  have  become  clearer. 


Thy  second  duty  will 
— Thomas  Carlyle. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


N  Life’s  small  things  be  resolute  and  great 

To  keep  thy  muscles  trained;  know’st  thou  when  fate 
Thy  measure  takes  ?  or  when  she'll  say  to  thee, 

“I  find  thee  worthy,  do  this  thing  for  me!” 


T  IS  a  grand  thing  to  live — to  open  the  eyes  in  the  morn- 
"  ing  and  look  out  upon  the  world,  to  drink  in  the  pure 
air  and  enjoy  the  sweet  sunshine,  to  feel  the  pulse  bound  and 
the  being  thrill  with  the  consciousness  of  strength  and  power 
in  every  nerve;  it  is  a  good  thing  simply  to  be  alive,  and  it 
is  a  good  world  to  live  in,  in  spite  of  the  abuse  we  are  fond 
of  giving  it.” 


AT  HE  prosperity  of  a  nation  depends  upon  the  health  and 
morals  of  its  citizens,  and  the  health  and  morals  of 
people  depend  mainly  upon  the  food  they  eat  and  the  houses 
they  live  in.  The  time  has  come  when  we  must  have  a  science 
in  domestic  economy,  and  it  must  be  worked  out  in  the  homes 
of  our  educated  women.  A  knowledge  of  the  elements  of 
chemistry  and  physics  must  be  applied  to  the  daily  living. 


— Ellen  Richards . 


7|  CALL,  therefore,  a  complete  and  generous  education,  that 
***  which  fits  a  man  to  perform  justly,  skillfully,  and  mag¬ 
nanimously,  all  the  offices,  both  private  and  public,  of  war 


and  peace. 


— John  Milton . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


^2JriOEVER  yields  to  temptation  debases  himself  with  a 
debasement  from  which  he  can  never  rise.  A  man 
can  be  wronged  and  live;  but  the  unrestricted,  unchecked  im¬ 
pulse  to  do  wrong  is  the  first  and  the  second  death. 

— Horace  Mann. 


E  need  someone  to  believe  us — if  we  do  well,  we  want 
our  work  commended,  our  faith  corroborated.  The 
individual  who  thinks  well  of  you,  who  keeps  his  mind  on 
your  good  qualities,  and  does  not  look  for  flaws,  is  your  friend. 
Who  is  my  brother?  I'll  tell  you:  he  is  one  who  recognizes 
the  good  in  me.  — Elbert  Hubbard . 

tjJ^ALK  happiness.  The  world  is  sad  enough 

Without  your  woes.  No  path  is  wholly  rough; 

Look  for  the  places  that  are  smooth  and  clear; 

And  speak  of  those  to  rest  the  weary  ear 
Of  earth,  so  hurt  by  one  continuous  strain, 

Of  human  discontent  and  grief  and  pain. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox. 


n,  how  I  do  appreciate  a  boy  who  is  always  on  time! 

How  quickly  you  learn  to  depend  on  him,  and  how  soon 
you  find  yourself  entrusting  him  with  weightier  matters !  The 
boy  who  has  acquired  a  reputation  for  punctuality  has  made 
the  first  contribution  to  the  capital  that  in  after  years  makes 
his  success  a  certainty.  — H.  C.  Brown. 


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%  CONSIDERABLE  proportion  of  failure  in  business,  and 
ninety  per  cent  of  the  defalcations,  theft,  and  ruin  of 
youths  among  those  who  are  employed  in  places  of  trust,  are 
due  directly  to  gambling.  I  have  seen,  in  my  vast  employ¬ 
ment,  so  much  misery  caused  by  the  head  of  the  family 
neglecting  its  support  and  squandering  his  earnings  in  a  pol¬ 
icy  shop,  and  promising  young  men  led  astray  in  a  small  way 
and  finally  becoming  fugitives  or  landing  in  the  criminal  dock, 
that  I  come  to  believe  that  the  community  which  licenses  and 
tolerates  public  gambling  cannot  have  prosperity  in  business. 

— Chauncey  Depew. 

%  HE  man  that  keeps  good-natured, 

By  misfortune  undismayed, 

Is  the  man  that  comes  out  winner 
When  the  final  hand  is  played; 

There  is  e’en  a  certain  triumph 
That  compels  respect  complete 
In  the  way  a  real  sportsman 
Takes  his  dose  of  stern  defeat. 

— Washington  Star. 

%  HE  entire  object  of  true  education  is  to  make  people  not 
merely  do  the  right  things,  but  enjoy  them — not  merely 
industrious,  but  to  love  industry — not  merely  learned,  but  to 
love  knowledge — not  merely  pure,  but  to  love  purity — not 
merely  just,  but  to  hunger  and  thirst  after  justice. 

— John  Ruskin . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


JLPT.  your  first  effort  be  not  for  wealth,  but  independence. 

Whatever  be  your  talents,  whatever  your  prospects, 
never  be  tempted  to  speculate  away,  on  the  chance  of  a  palace, 
that  which  you  need  as  a  provision  against  the  workhouse. 

— Lord  Lytton. 

DUCATION  is  not  learning;  it  is  exercise  and  develop¬ 
ment  of  the  powers  of  the  mind.  There  are  two  great 
methods  by  which  this  end  may  be  accomplished;  it  may  be 
done  in  the  halls  of  learning,  or  in  the  conflicts  of  life. 

— Princeton  Review. 

20LESSED  are  they  who  have  the  gift  of  making  friends, 
for  it  is  one  of  God's  best  gifts.  It  involves  many 
things,  but,  above  all,  the  power  of  going  out  of  one’s  self, 
and  appreciating  whatever  is  noble  and  loving  in  another. 

— Thomas  Hughes. 

WE  continue  borrowing  for  work  the  hours  that  are 
due  to  sleep,  though  we  may  postpone  a  settlement  for 
years,  the  final  and  inevitable  result  will  be  physical  and  men¬ 
tal  bankruptcy.” 

“2L  NOBLE  and  attractive  every-day  bearing  comes  of 
goodness,  unselfishness,  sincerity,  and  refinement, 
and  these  are  bred  in  years,  not  in  moments.” 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


^  IVE  not  thy  tongue  too  great  liberty,  lest  it  take  thee  a 
prisoner.  A  word  unspoken  is  like  the  sword  in  the 
scabbard-thine ;  if  vented,  thy  sword  is  in  another’s  hand. 

— Quarles. 


fl^TRONGER  than  steel  is  the  sword  of  the  spirit; 

Swifter  than  arrows  the  light  of  the  truth  is, 
Greater  than  anger  is  love  that  subdueth. 

— Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow. 


^J^VERY  time  you  hold  yourself  rigorously  to  the  task  that 
is  appointed  to  you  for  the  time,  definitely  attend  to  it 
and  carry  it  through  with  concentrated  attention,  you  are  add¬ 
ing  to  your  power  to  resist  temptation. 

— Henry  Churchill  King. 

v+yt* 

T  IS  generally  the  man  who  does’nt  know  any  better  who 
does  the  things  that  can’t  be  done.  You  see  the  blamed 
fool  doesn’t  know  that  it  can’t  be  done,  so  he  goes  ahead  and 
does  it.  — Charles  Austin  Bates. 


IME  past  is  gone,  thou  canst  not  it  recall ; 

Time  is,  thou  hast,  improve  that  portion  small; 
Time  future  is  not  and  may  never  be, 

Time  present  is  the  only  time  for  thee.” 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


“JQm  whether  I  live  an  honest  man, 

And  hold  my  integrity  firm  in  my  clutch, 

I  tell  you,  my  brother,  as  plain  as  I  can, 

It  matters  much.” 

RESPECT  a  man  who  knows  distinctly  what  he  wishes. 

The  greater  part  of  all  the  mischief  in  the  world  arises 
from  the  fact  that  men  do  not  sufficiently  understand  their 
own  whims.  They  have  undertaken  to  build  a  tower,  and 
spend  no  more  labor  on  the  foundation  than  would  be  neces¬ 
sary  to  erect  a  hut  — Goethe. 


IMS* 

*  CONOMY  is  of  priceless  value.  The  loss  of  the  top 
hoop  means  the  loss  of  the  barrel.”  Pick  up  a  grain 
a  day  and  add  to  your  heap.  You  will  soon  learn  by  happy 
experience,  the  power  of  littles  as  applies  to  intellectual  proc¬ 
esses  and  gains.  -  — /.  S.  Hart. 

J^ROMPTNESS  is  a  grand  leader,  which  Procrastination 
limps  behind.  Today  is  master  of  the  situation;  Tomor¬ 
row  is  an  imposter,  who  is  almost  sure  to  bring  Failure  with 
him.  — Jaynes  Thomas  Field. 


AN  must  always  look  outside  himself  for  a  standard  of 
right  and  wrong.  — Lowell. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


%  HE  distant  mountains,  that  uprear 
Their  solid  bastions  to  the  skies, 
Are  crossed  by  pathways  that  appear 
As  we  to  higher  levels  rise. 


The  clouds  which  rise  with  thunder,  slake 
Our  thirsty  souls  with  rain; 

The  blow  most  dreaded  falls  to  break 
From  off  our  limbs  a  chain. 

— John  G.  Whittier . 


E  holds  no  parley  with  unmanly  fears ; 

Where  duty  bids,  he  confidently  steers ; 

Faces  a  thousand  dangers  at  her  call, 

And,  trusting  in  his  God,  surmounts  them  all. 

— William  Wordsworth. 


^J^OD’S  goodness  hath  been  great  to  thee; 

Let  never  day  or  night  unhallowed  pass, 

But  still  remember  what  the  Lord  hath  done. 

— Shakespeare. 

CANNOT  remain  idle.  Ever  since  I  was  a  child,  I  have 
had  this  feeling.  Time  means  everything.  If  you  can¬ 
not  do  a  thing  here,  do  it  elsewhere.  In  an  hour  gained  may 
be  accomplished  the  one  thing  you  have  been  striving  for. 

— G.  Marconi. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


^POST  thou  love  life?  Then  do  not  squander  time,  for 
that  is  the  stuff  life  is  made  of. 

— B enj amin  Fran k li n. 


“JgEEP  with  thee  good,  and  you  will  soon  be  one  of  them. 
But  go  with  the  bad,  and  you  will  be  one  of  them.,, 

T  was  only  a  glad  ’good  morning’ 

As  she  passed  along  the  way, 

But  it  spread  the  morning’s  glory 
Over  the  livelong  day.” 


W°  BE  honest,  to  be  kind,  to  earn  a  little,  and  to  spend  a 
little  less,  to  make  upon  the  whole,  a  family  happier 
for  his  presence,  to  renounce  when  that  shall  be  necessary 
and  not  to  be  embittered,  to  keep  a  few  friends,  that  these 
without  capitulation ;  above  all,  on  the  same  condition,  to 
keep  friends  with  himself,  here  is  a  task  for  all  a  man  has 
of  fortitude  and  delicacy.  — Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 


thy  faith  to  no  man’s  sleeve;  hast  thou  not  two  eyes 
of  thine  own?  — Carlyle. 


day  is  immeasurably  long  to  him  who  knows  not 
how  to  value  and  use  it.  — Goethe . 


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“2>o  right  and  fear  no  one;  thou  mayst  be  sure  that  with 
all  thy  consideration  for  the  world,  thou  wilt  never 
satisfy  the  world.  But  if  thou  goest  forward  thy  way,  not 
concerning  thyself  with  the  friendly  or  unfriendly  glances  of 
men,  then  thou  hast  conquered  the  world,  and  it  is  subject  to 
thee.,, 


1CK 

^HEN  welcome  each  rebuff 

That  turns  earth’s  smoothness  rough, 

Each  sting,  that  bids  not  stir  nor  stand,  but  go. 

— Robert  Browning . 

KK 

Che  energy  wasted  in  postponing  until  to-morrow  a  duty 
of  today  will  often  do  the  work. 

— Orison  Swett  Mar  den. 


|  IS  education  forms  the  common  mind; 

Just  as  the  twig  is  bent,  the  tree’s  inclined. 

— Alexander  Pope. 


KJ4 


^  VERY  moment  of  worry  weakens  the  soul  for  its  daily 
combat.  — H enry  Wood. 


20EWARE  of  little  expenses;  a  small  leak  will  sink  a  great 
ship.  — Benjamin  Franklin. 


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.  CHEERY  IDEALS 


AN  is  his  own  star;  and  the  soul  that  can 
Render  an  honest  and  an  upright  man, 
Commands  all  light,  all  influence,  all  fate; 

Nothing  to  him  falls  early  or  too  late. 

Our  acts  our  angels  are,  or  good  or  ill, 

Our  fatal  shadows  that  walk  by  us  still. 

— Beaumont  and  Fletcher . 

IVE  me  a  man  so  trained  in  mind,  that  his  body,  is  the 
ready  servant  of  his  will,  and  does  with  ease  and  pleas¬ 
ure  all  the  work  that,  as  a  mechanism,  it  is  capable  of. 

— Thomas  Huxley. 

€>  UR  greatest  glory  is  not  in  never  falling,  but  in  rising 
every  time  we  fall.  — Confucius. 

%  O  DO  anything  worth  doing  in  the  world,  we  must  not 
stand  shivering  on  the  brink,  and  thinking  of  the  cold 
and  the  danger,  but  jump  in  and  scramble  through  as  well  as 
we  can.  — Sidney  Smith. 

z  HE  only  true  refinement — that  which  goes  deep  down  into 
the  character — comes  from  Christian  charity  or  love.  If 
such  a  spirit  were  universal,  a  rude  clown,  or  unmannered 
peasant,  or  common-minded  workman  could  not  be  found. 

— F.  IV.  Robertson . 


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can  never  see  the  sun  rise  by  looking  into  the 
west.” 

IS  easy  enough  to  be  pleasant, 

When  life  flows  along  like  a  song; 

But  the  man  worth  while  is  the  one  who  will  smile, 
When  everything  goes  dead  wrong; 

For  the  test  of  the  heart  is  trouble, 

And  it  always  comes  with  the  years ; 

And  the  smile  that  is  worth  the  praise  of  the  earth 
Is  the  smile  that  comes  through  tears. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox . 


|  OST,  yesterday,  somewhere  between  sunrise  and  sunset, 
two  golden  hours,  each  set  with  sixty  diamond  minutes. 
No  reward  is  offered,  for  they  are  gone  forever. 

— Horace  Mann. 

JLife  without  endeavor  is  like  entering  a  jewel-mine  and 
coming  out  with  empty  hands. 

— Japanese  Proverb. 

"JHJhkn  once  the  demon  enters, 

Stands  within  the  door, 

Peace  and  hope  and  gladness 
Dwell  there  nevermore.” 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


€>  H,  man,  forgive  thy  mortal  foe, 

Never  strike  him  blow  for  blow; 

For  all  the  souls  on  earth  that  live 
To  be  forgiven,  must  forgive. 

Forgive  him  seventy  times  and  seven, 

For  all  the  blessed  souls  in  heaven 
Are  both  forgivers  and  forgiven. 

— Tennyson • 

“<r  HE  powers  of  man  have  not  been  exhausted.  Nothing 
has  been  done  by  him  that  cannot  be  better  done. 
There  is  no  effort  of  science  or  art  that  may  not  be  exceeded ; 
no  depth  of  philosophy  that  cannot  be  deeper  sounded;  no 
flight  of  imagination  that  may  not  be  passed  by  strong  and 
soaring  wing.” 

%  HE  two  most  precious  things  on  this  side  of  the  grave 
are  our  reputation  and  our  life.  But  is  to  be  lamented 
that  the  most  contemptible  whisper  may  deprive  us  of  the 
one,  and  the  weakest  weapon  of  the  other.  A  wise  man,  there¬ 
fore,  will  be  more  anxious  to  deserve  a  fair  name  than  to 
possess  it,  and  this  will  teach  him  so  to  live  as  not  to  be 
afraid  to  die.  — C.  C.  Colton. 

EAUTIFUL  hands  are  those  that  do 
Work  that  is  earnest,  brave  and  true, 

Moment  by  moment  the  long  day  through. 

— Thomas  Ashe . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


HAT  we  call  the  little  things  are  merely  the  causes  of 
great  things.  — Henri  Frederic  Amiel. 

{^PON’T  send  my  boy  where  your  girl  can’t  go, 

And  say,  “There’s  no  danger  for  boys,  you  know, 
Because  they  all  have  their  wild  oats  to  sow.” 

There  is  no  more  excuse  for  my  boy  to  be  low 
Than  your  girl,  then  please  don’t  tell  him  so. 


Don’t  send  my  boy  where  your  girl  can’t  go; 
For  a  boy  or  girl,  sin  is  sin,  you  know. 

And  my  baby  boy’s  hands  are  as  clean  and  white 
And  his  heart  as  pure  as  your  girl’s  tonight. 


— Anon . 


NTEMPERANCE  wipes  out  God’s  image  and  stamps  it 
with  the  counterfeit  die  of  the  devil ;  intemperance  smites 
a  healthy  body  with  disease  from  head  to  heel,  and  makes 
it  more  loathsome  than  the  leprosy  of  Naaman  or  the  sores 
of  Lazarus;  intemperance  dethrones  man’s  reason,  and  hides 
her  bright  beams  in  the  mystic  clouds  that  roll  round  the 
shattered  temple  of  the  human  soul,  curtained  with  midnight. 

— John  B.  Gough . 


21  POLITE  man  is  one  who  listens  with  interest  to  things 
he  knows  all  about,  when  they  are  told  him  by  a  person 
who  knows  nothing  about  them. 

— Due  de  Momy. 

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CHEERY  IDEALS' 


T  IS  a  mark  of  good  manners  to  show  courtesy  to 
servants  or  to  any  in  humble  station  of  life.  A 
polite  request  is  always  better  than  a  stem  command.  Who¬ 
ever  shows  disregard  of  the  feelings  of  a  servant  or  one  in 
humble  station  gives  unmistakable  proof  of  ill-breeding.” 


£0  AN  should  remember  that  the  chief  value  of  prosperity 
is  in  its  capitalization  of  personality,  and  the  rendering 
of  others  sensitive  to  example  and  precept. 

— Newell  D.  Hillis. 


m  E  must  be  as  courteous  to  a  man  as  we  are  to  a 
picture,  which  we  are  willing  to  give  the  advantage 
of  a  good  light.  — Emerson. 


J|  N  battle  or  business,  whatever  the  game, 

In  law  or  in  love,  it’s  ever  the  same; 

In  your  struggle  for  power  or  scramble  for  pelf, 

Let  this  be  your  motto :  “Rely  on  yourself.” 

— John  G .  Saxe. 


ERCEPTION  and  action;  a  quick  eye  and  clear  vision; 
a  vigorous  right  arm  and  a  deft  hand — these  are  the 
masters  of  success  in  any  and  in  every  pursuit. 

— Orison  Swett  Mardeti. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


£|f^ANY  men  owe  the  giandeur  of  their  lives  to  their  tre¬ 


mendous  difficulties. 


— Spurgeon . 


i<2ZltHATEVER  is  right  to  do  should  be  done  with  our 
best  care,  strength,  and  faithfulness  of  purpose;  we 
have  no  scales  by  which  we  can  weigh  our  faithfulness  to 
duties,  or  determine  their  relative  importance  in  God’s  eyes. 
That  which  seems  a  trifle  to  us  may  be  the  secret  spring 
which  shall  move  the  issues  of  life  and  death. 


^JtDISON,  when  recently  asked  his  definition  of  genius, 
answered:  “Two  per  cent,  is  genius  and  ninety-eight 
per  cent,  is  hard  work.”  And  when  the  great  inventor  was 
asked  on  another  occasion :  “Mr.  Edison,  don’t  you  believe 
that  genius  is  inspiration?”  he  replied,  “No!  Genius  is 
perspiration ” 


N  the  world’s  broad  field  of  battle, 

In  the  bivouac  of  life, 

Be  not  like  dumb  driven  cattle — 

Be  a  hero  in  the  strife. 

— Longfellow . 


m  E  lose  vigor  through  thinking  continually  the  same 
set  of  thoughts.  New  thought  is  new  life. 

— Prentice  Mulford. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


JL  OVE  is  the  purification  of  the  heart  from  self;  it  strength¬ 
ens  and  ennobles  the  character,  gives  higher  motives 
and  a  nobler  aim  to  every  action  of  life,  and  makes  both 
man  and  woman  strong,  noble  and  courageous. 

— Miss  Jewsbury. 

%  EMPERANCE  is  a  bridle  of  gold;  he  who  uses  it  rightly 
is  more  like  a  god  than  like  a  man. 

— Charles  Burton . 


AN  is  his  own  star,  and  the  soul  that  can  be  honest  is 
the  only  perfect  man.  — John  Fletcher . 


AKE  the  weather  as  it  comes;  growling  at  the  sky  is 
very  poor  and  unprofitable  business.” 


%  HERE  is  no  surer  test  of  integrity  than  a  well-pro¬ 
portioned  expenditure.” 


31 


HOPE  I  shall  possess  firmness  and  virtue  enough  to 
maintain  what  I  consider  the  most  enviable  of  all  titles, 
the  character  of  an  honest  man.  — George  Washington. 

*  *  (U?  OD  will  never  leave  you  without  light  enough  to  take 
one  step.  Don't  stop  walking  till  the  light  gives  out.” 


-24- 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


m  ITH  aching  hands  and  bleeding  feet 

We  dig  and  heap,  lay  stone  on  stone; 

We  bear  the  burden  and  the  heat  of  the  long  day 
And  wish  'twere  done. 

Not  till  the  hour  of  light  return 
All  we  have  built  do  we  discern. 

— Matthew  Arnold . 

PITY  no  man  because  he  has  no  work.  If  he  ?s  worth 
his  salt,  he  will  work.  I  envy  the  man  who  has  a  work 
worth  doing,  and  does  it  well.  — Theodore  Roosevelt. 

“m  HAT  we  call  a  turning  point  is  simply  an  occasion 
which  sums  up  and  brings  to  a  result  previous 
training.  Accidental  circumstances  are  nothing  except  to 
men  who  have  been  trained  to  take  advantage  of  them.” 

B  OOKS  are  the  legacies  that  a  great  genius  leaves  to 
mankind,  which  are  delivered  down  from  generation 
to  generation  as  presents  to  the  posterity  of  those  who  are 
yet  unborn.  — Joseph  Addison. 

B  EGIN,  live,  aspire,  realize  the  best  ideal  of  the  moment; 

and  this  earnest  effort  shall  lead  the  way  to  greater 
achievement. 

— H.  W.  Dresser . 


—25 — 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


2lLL_  common  things,  each  day’s  events, 

That  with  the  hour  begin  and  end. 

Our  pleasures  and  our  discontents, 

Are  rounds  by  which  we  may  ascend. 

— Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow . 

F  YOU  want  knowledge,  you  must  toil  for  it;  if  food, 
you  must  toil  for  it;  and  if  pleasure,  you  must  toil  for 
it.  Toil  is  the  law.  Pleasure  comes  through  toil,  and  not 
by  self-indulgence  and  indolence.  When  one  gets  to  love 
work,  his  life  is  a  happy  one.  — Ruskin. 

%  HE  race  is  won!  As  victor  I  am  hailed 

With  deafening  cheers  from  eager  throats,  and  yet 
Gladder  the  victory  could  I  forget 
The  strained,  white  faces  of  the  men  who  failed. 

— Julia  Shayer. 

jSjJ^PEAK  gently!  ’tis  a  little  thing, 

Dropped  in  the  heart’s  deep  well. 

The  good,  the  joy  that  it  may  bring 
Eternity  shall  tell. 

— John  Langford. 


u: 


J^IFE  is  full  of  golden  opportunities  for  doing  what  we 
do  not  want  to  do.” 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


N  WINTER,  when  the  trees  are  bare, 

And  frost  flies  in  the  biting  air, 

He  hears  the  echoes,  far  away, 

Of  songs  the  birds  will  sing  in  May; 

To  him  is  borne,  in  wintry  hours, 

The  redolence  of  sleeping  flowers, — 

The  optimist.  — /.  H.  Lowe . 

J|  LOOK  upon  that  man  as  happy,  who,  when  there  is  a 
question  of  success,  looks  into  his  work  for  a  reply;  not 
into  the  market,  not  into  opinion,  not  into  patronage.  Work 
is  victory.  You  want  but  one  verdict;  if  you  have  your  own, 
you  are  secure  of  the  rest.  — Emerson. 


-COO  often  he  who  is  impatient  to  become  his  own  mas¬ 
ter,  when  the  outward  decks  are  removed,  becomes 
his  own  slave.” 


% 


GAY,  serene  spirit  is  the  source  of  all  that  is  noble  and 
good. 

— Johann  Christoph  Friedrich  Von  Schiller. 


c  HE  old  year  is  fast  slipping  back  behind  us.  We  can¬ 
not  stay  it  if  we  would.  We  must  go  on  and  leave 
our  past.  Let  us  go  forth  nobly.  Let  us  go  as  those  whom 
greater  thoughts  and  greater  deeds  await  beyond. 

— Phillips  Brooks. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


*  nurse  opportunity  too  long — take  it  into  active 

partnership  with  you  at  once,  lest  it  leave  you  for 
other  company/' 

EOPLE  have  got  to  work.  It  is  creditable  for  them  to 
'  do  so;  their  bodies  and  their  minds  are  benefited  by  it, 
and  those  who  can  and  will  work  will  be  advanced  by  it. 

— Robert  E.  Lee. 


J  IFE  is  made  up,  not  of  great  sacrifices  or  duties,  but  of 
little  things  in  which  smiles  and  kindness  and  small 
obligations,  given  habitually,  are  what  win  and  preserve  the 
heart  and  secure  comfort.  — Sir  Humphrey  Davy. 

® E  SURE  to  live  on  the  sunny  side,  and  even  then  do  not 
expect  the  world  to  look  bright,  if  you  habitually  wear 
gray-brown  glasses.  — Chas.  H.  Eliot. 

N  ALL  things  throughout  the  world,  the  man  who  looks 
for  the  crooked  will  see  the  crooked,  and  the  man  who 
looks  for  the  straight  will  see  the  straight.  — Ruskin . 

fij^ELE-CONTROL,  I  say,  is  the  root  virtue  of  all  virtues. 
It  is  at  the  very  center  of  character. 

— Henry  Churchill  King . 


-28- 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


%  0  recognize  opportunity  when  it  comes,  to  make  the 
highest  use  of  it  when  it  is  not  to  be  recognized  at 
the  moment,  involves  constant  enrichment  and  education  of 
the  whole  nature.  — Hamilton  Wright  Mabie. 


OTHER!  how  much  there  is  in  that  word!  if  there  is 
one  earthly  blessing  for  which  more  than  another 
I  feel  thankful  it  is  that  she  is  still  spared  to  me  to  whom 
I  can  apply  that  endearing  name. 

— John  Greenleaf  Whittier . 

% 

HEN  that  I  was  and  a  little  tiny  boy, 

With  hey,  ho,  the  wind  and  the  rain, 

A  foolish  thing  was  but  a  toy, 

For  the  rain  it  raineth  every  day. 

Twelfth  Night ,  Act.  v.  Sc.  i. 

— Shakespeare. 


N  ALL  God's  creation  there  is  no  place  appointed  for 
the  idle  man.  — Gladstone . 


T  IS  NOT  the  reading  of  many  books  which  is  necessary 
to  make  a  man  wise  or  good,  but  the  well  reading  of  a 
few,  could  he  be  sure  to  have  the  best. 

— Richard  Baxter . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


(J^NDEAVOR  to  be  patient  in  bearing  the  defects  and  in¬ 
firmities  of  others,  of  what  sort  soever  they  be;  for 
thou  thyself  also  hast  many  failings  which  must  be  borne 
with  by  others.  — Thomas  A.  Kem pis. 

JLet  us  have  faith  that  right  makes  might,  and  in  that 
fact  let  us  to  the  end  dare  to  do  our  duty  as  we  under¬ 
stand  it  — Abraham  Lincoln 

4  4 J  N STEAD  of  wishing  that  all  men  were  of  our  mind, 
we  should  account  it  one  of  the  first  blessings  of 
life  that  there  are  men  who  do  not  agree  with  us.  The  cur¬ 
rents  of  sea  and  air  are  not  more  necessary  than  the  cur¬ 
rents  of  thought” 

JJesolve  to  do  a  little  reading  every  day,  if  it  is  but 
a  single  sentence.  If  you  gain  fifteen  minutes  a  day, 
it  will  make  itself  felt  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

— Horace  Mann. 


1  E  WHO,  forgetting  self,  makes  the  object  of  his  life 
service,  helpfulness  and  kindness  to  others,  finds  his 
whole  nature  growing  and  expanding,  himself  becoming 
large-hearted,  magnanimous,  kind,  sympathetic,  joyous  and 
happy;  his  life  becoming  rich  and  beautiful. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Trine. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


m  E  LEAD  but  one  life  here  on  earth,  we  must  make 
that  beautiful.  And  to  do  this,  health  and  elasticity 
of  mind  are  needful;  and  whatever  endangers  or  impedes 
these  must  be  avoided.  — Longfellow . 


f 


IRST  make  your  arrangements,  then  trust  in  heaven; 
and  in  no  case  worry.  — Prof .  Jowett. 

m  E  never  know  for  what  God  is  preparing  us  in  his 
schools,  for  what  work  on  earth,  for  what  work  in 
the  hereafter.  Our  business  is  to  do  our  work  well  in  the 
present  place,  whatever  that  may  be.  — Lyman  Abbott. 

i Z'ja* 

m  RITE  it  on  your  heart  that  every  day  is  the  best  day 
of  the  year.  — Emerson. 

N  ALL  ages  man  has  been  stimulated  to  sowing  by  the 
certainty  of  reaping.  Tomorrow’s  sheaves  and  shout¬ 
ings  support  today’s  tearful  sowing.  Certainty  of  victory 
wins  battles  before  they  are  fought. 

— Newell  Dwight  Hillis. 

%  HE  man  who  cannot  laugh  is  not  only  fit  for  treason, 
stratagem,  and  spoils,  but  his  whole  life  is  already  a 
treason  and  a  stratagem.  — Thomas  Carlyle. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


X  YOUNG  man  cannot  honestly  make  a  success  in  any 
business  unless  he  loves  his  work,  any  more  than  a 
married  man  can  be  happy  in  his  home  unless  he  loves  his 
wife.  — Edward  Bok. 

KK 

“j*  IS  said  that  every  word  whispered  into  the  air  starts 
vibrations  which  will  quiver  on  and  on  forever  in 
space.  The  same  is  true  also  of  influences  which  go  out 
from  our  lives  in  the  commonest  ways — they  will  go  on 
forever.” 

KK 

EXPECT  to  pass  through  this  life  but  once.  If,  there¬ 
fore,  there  is  any  kindness  I  can  show,  or  any  good  I 
can  do  to  any  fellow-being,  let  me  do  it  now,  let  me  not 
defer  it,  for  I  shall  not  pass  this  way  again. 

— Mrs.  A.  B.  Hegeman. 

KJ4 

EMEMBER  that  every  man  at  times  stumbles  and  must 
be  helped  up;  if  he’s  down,  you  cannot  carry  him.  The 
only  way  in  which  any  man  can  be  helped  permanently  is 
to  help  himself.  — Theodore  Roosevelt. 

^HERE  is  great  danger  in  constant  dissatisfaction.  Sooner 
or  later,  it  will  involve  the  health,  or  finances,  or  both, 
for  it  destroys  the  mental  balance,  and  impairs  the  judgment. 

— C.  B.  Newcomb . 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


%o  HOLD  one’s  self  in  readiness  for  opportunity,  to 
keep  the  serene,  confident,  hopeful,  and  joyful  energy 
of  mind,  is  to  magnetize  it,  and  draw  privileges  and  power 
toward  one.  The  concern  is  not  whether  opportunity  will 
present  itself,  but  as  to  whether  we  will  be  ready  for  the 
opportunity.  It  comes  not  to  doubt  and  denial  and  disbe¬ 
lief.  It  comes  to  sunny  expectation,  eager  purpose,  and  to 
noble  and  generous  aspiration.  — Lilian  Whiting. 

»  ET  us  beware  of  losing  our  enthusiasm.  Let  us  glory 
in  something,  and  strive  to  retain  our  admiration  for 
all  that  would  ennoble,  and  our  interest  in  all  that  would 
enrich  and  beautify  our  life. 

— Phillips  Brooks. 


F  WE  neglect  to  exercise  any  talent,  power,  or  quality 
it  soon  falls  away  from  us.  — Henry  Wood. 


J]+)EVER  depend  upon  your  genius;  if  you  have  talent,  in¬ 
dustry  will  improve  it;  if  you  have  none,  industry 
will  supply  the  deficiency.  — John  Ruskin. 


%  HE  secret  of  success  in  society  is  a  certain  heartiness  and 
sympathy.  — Emerson. 


—33— 


> CHEERY  IDEALS 


UT,  oh,  forget  not,  while  you  pray, 

To  push  with  all  your  might! 

The  least  of  you  can  push  a  pound, 

And  thus  can  speed  the  right/' 

KK 

HE  mountain  top  must  be  reached  no  matter  how  many, 
times  we  fall  in  reaching  it.  The  fall  is  not  counted, 
it  does  not  register;  the  picking  up  and  going  on  counts  in 
life.  — Flora  Howard. 

2>.0  THOROUGHLY  whatever  work  God  may  give  you 
to  do,  and  cultivate  all  your  talents  besides. 

— Archibald  A.  Hodge. 

E  WHO  meets  life  as  though  it  meant  something  worth 
finding  out,  and  who  expresses  his  best  self,  is  the 
one  who  has  the  permanent  basis  of  happiness. 

— H.  W.  Dresser. 


jjJ  AM  surprised  that  intelligent  men  do  not  see  the  im¬ 
mense  value  of  good  temper  in  their  homes;  and  am 
amazed  that  they  will  take  such  pains  to  have  costly  houses 
and  bile  furniture,  and  yet  sometimes  neglect  to  bring  home 
with  them  good  temper. 

— Theodore  Parker. 


-34- 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


Y  OWN  experience  and  development  deepens  every 
day  my  conviction  that  our  moral  progress  may  be 
measured  by  the  degree  in  which  we  sympathize  with  indi¬ 
vidual  suffering  and  individual  joy.  — George  Eliot . 

F  what  shone  afar  so  grand 
turned  to  ashes  in  the  hand; 

On  again,  the  virtue  lies 
In  the  struggle,  not  the  prize.” 

20E  YOU  only  whole  and  sufficient,  and  I  shall  feel  you 
in  every  part  of  my  life  and  fortune,  and  I  can  as 
easily  dodge  the  gravitation  of  the  globe  as  escape  your  in¬ 
fluence.  — Emerson. 

**J|^OTHING  is  so  contagious  as  enthusiasm.  It  is  the 
real  allegory  of  the  fable  of  Orpheus;  it  moves  stones 
and  charms  brutes.  It  is  the  genius  of  sincerity,  and  truth 
accomplishes  no  victories  without  it.” 

CONFIDENCE  imparts  a  wonderful  inspiration  to  its 
possessor.  — John  Milton . 


ONE  is  useless  in  this  world  who  lightens  the  burden 
of  it  to  anyone  else.  — Dickens. 


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fcHEERY  IDEALS 


HE  power  which  resided  in  an  individual  is  new  in 
nature,  and  none  but  he  knows  what  this  is  which  he 
can  do,  nor  does  he  know  until  he  has  tried. 

— Emerson. 


EAL  knowledge,  like  everything  else  of  value,  is  not  to 
be  obtained  easily.  It  must  be  worked  for,  studied  for, 
thought  for,  and,  more  than  all,  must  be  prayed  for. 

— Thomas  Arnold. 


JLet  joy,  temperance  and  repose 

Slam  the  door  on  the  doctor’s  nose. 

— Longfellow . 


m  UILD  thee  more  stately  mansions,  O  my  soul, 

As  the  swift  seasons  roll ! 

Leave  thy  low-vaulted  past! 

Let  each  new  temple,  nobler  than  the  last, 

Shut  thee  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more  vast, 

Till  thou  at  length  art  free; 

Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  life’s  unresting  sea. 

— Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 


c  HE  highest  point  of  achievement  of  yesterday  is  the 
starting  point  of  today. 

— Motto  of  Paulis t  Fathers. 


—36— 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


OBODY  has  any  right  to  find  life  uninteresting  or  un¬ 
rewarding  who  sees  within  the  sphere  of  his  own 
activity  a  wrong  he  can  help  to  remedy,  or  within  himself 
an  evil  he  can  hope  to  overcome. 

— Chas.  H.  Eliot. 

ARE  born  to  grow — this  is  the  world  which  religion, 
philosophy,  literature,  and  art  ceaselessly  utter;  and 
we  can  grow  only  by  keeping  ourselves  in  vital  communion 
with  the  world  within  and  without  us. 

— John  Lancaster  Spalding . 

JLet  nothing  disturb  thee, 

Nothing  afright  thee; 

All  things  are  passing; 

God  never  changeth; 

Patient  endurance 
Attaineth  to  all  things; 

Who  God  possesseth 
In  nothing  is  wanting; 

Alone  God  sufficeth. 

— Longfellow . 

X  SUNNY  dispositon  is  the  very  soul  of  success,  enabling 
a  man  to  do  double  the  labor  that  he  could  without  it, 
and  to  do  it  with  half  the  physical  and  mental  exhaustion. 

— William  Mathews. 


—  37 — 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


HARACTER  is  in  the  long  run  the  decisve  factor  in 
the  life  of  individuals  and  of  nations  alike. 

— Theodore  Roosevelt, 


m  HEN  a  fellow  knows  his  business,  he  doesn't  have  to 
explain  to  people  that  he  does.  It  isn’t  what  a  man 
knows,  but  what  he  thinks  he  knows  that  he  brags  about. 
Big  talk  means  little  knowledge. 

— George  Horace  Lorimer . 


HOW  me  a  man  who  has  benefited  the  world  by  his 
wisdom,  or  his  country  by  his  patriotism,  or  his  neigh¬ 
borhood  by  his  philanthropy,  and  you  show  me  a  man  who 
has  made  the  best  of  every  minute. 

— Orison  Swett  Marden. 


Y  FRIENDS  have  come  to  me  unsought,  the  great  God 
gave  them  to  me.  — Emerson. 


m  OULDST  shape  a  noble  life?  Then  cast 
No  backward  glances  toward  the  past, 

And  though  somewhat  be  lost  and  gone, 

Yet  do  thou  act  as  one  new-born; 

What  each  day  needs,  that  shalt  thou  ask, 

Each  day  will  set  its  proper  task. 

— Goethe. 


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1  HERE  is  one  thing  that  is  almost  as  sacred  as  the 
marriage  relation — that  is  an  appointment.  A  man  who 
fails  to  meet  his  appointment,  unless  he  has  a  good  reason, 
is  practically  a  liar,  and  the  world  treats  him  as  such. 

— Orison  Swett  Mar  den. 

®HE  secret  of  success  lies  in  embracing  every  opportunity 
of  seeking  high  and  right  ends,  and  in  never  forget¬ 
ting  the  golden  rule  of  catechism,  “Doing  your  duty  in  that 
station  of  life  to  which  it  shall  please  God  to  call  you.” 

— Duke  of  Wellington. 

is^si 

EVER  give  up;  there  are  chances  and  changes 
Helping  the  hopeful,  a  hundred  to  one; 

And,  through  the  chaos,  high  wisdom  arranges 
Ever  success,  if  you’ll  only  hold  on.” 

am  ETTER  be  conceited,  and  know  something  than  be 
humble  in  ignorance.” 

ll^IGH  thoughts  and  noble  in  all  lands 
Help  me;  my  soul  is  fed  by  such. 

But  ah,  the  touch  of  life  and  hands, 

The  human  touch! 

Warm,  vital,  close,  life’s  symbols  dear, 

These  need  I  most,  and  now,  and  here. 

— Richard  Burton. 


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EW  occasions  teach  new  duties; 

Time  makes  ancient  good  uncouth; 

They  must  upward  still,  and  onward, 

Who  would  keep  abreast  of  truth. 

— James  Russell  Lowell 

OR  deem  the  irrevocable  past 
As  wholly  wasted,  wholly  vain, 

If  rising  on  its  wreck,  at  last, 

To  something  nobler  we  attain. 

— Longfellow . 

Sg)  O  I  will  trudge  with  heart  elate, 

And  feet  with  courage  shod, 

For  that  which  men  call  chance  and  fate 
Is  the  handiwork  of  God. 

— Alice  Cary . 

IMS* 

VERY  good  and  commanding  movement  in  the  annals 
^  of  the  world  is  the  triumph  of  enthusiasm.  Nothing 
great  was  ever  accomplished  without  it. — Emerson. 

1S*)S* 

OSTER  in  the  home  the  spirit  of  enthusiasm,  good¬ 
will,  and  progress,  and  the  enterprises  of  the  world 
will  knock  unbidden  at  the  door.” 


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C  HERE  are  people  who  go  about  the  world  looking  for 
slights  and  they  are  necessarily  miserable,  for  they  find 
them  at  every  turn. — Drummond . 

m  HAT  a  man  is  inwardly  that  to  him  will  the  world  be 
outwardly :  his  mood  affects  the  very  “quality  of  the 
day.” — Bradford  Toney, 

“a  MAN'S  success  in  life  is  usualy  in  proportion  to  his 
confidence  in  himself,  and  the  energy  and  persistence 
with  which  he  pursues  his  aim.” 

%  HE  making  of  friends,  who  are  real  friends,  is  the  best 
token  we  have  of  a  man's  success  in  life. 

— Edward  Everett  Hale. 

%>  O  long  as  we  love,  we  serve.  So  long  as  we  are  loved  by 
others  I  would  almost  say  we  are  indispensable;  and  no 
man  is  useless  while  he  has  a  friend. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

2JCCUSTOM  yourself  to  master  and  overcome  things  of 
difficulty;  for  if  you  observe — the  left  hand  for  want  of 
practice  is  insignificant — and  not  adapted  to  general  business; 
yet  it  holds  the  bridle  better  than  the  right — from  constant 
use. — Pliny. 


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JB 


[♦I  O  man  ever  found  a  happy  life  by  chance,  or  yawned  it 
into  being  with  a  wish. — Robert  Cecil. 


iCK 

^J^AY,  if  you  come  to  that,  best  love  of  all 

Is  God's;  then  why  not  have  God’s  love  befall 
Myself?  — Robert  Browning. 


EPUTATION  is  in  itself  only  a  farthing  candle,  of  wav¬ 
ering  and  uncertain  flame,  and  easily  blown  out ;  but  it 
is  the  light  by  which  the  world  looks  for  and  finds  merit. 

— Lowell. 


t^HE  nerve  that  never  relaxes,  the  eye  that  neyer  blanches, 
the  thought  that  never  wanders — these  are  the  masters 
of  victory. — Edmund  Burke. 

I  SHOULD  count  myself  fortunate  if  my  home  were  re~ 
remembered  for  some  inspiring  quality  of  faith,  charity, 
and  aspiring  intelligence. — Hamilton  Wright  Mabie. 

LL  * 

F  all  bad  habits,  despondency  is  among  the  least  re¬ 
spectable,  and  there  is  no  one  quite  so  tiresome  as 
the  sad-visaged  Christian,  who  is  oppressed  by  the  wickedness 
and  hopelessness  of  the  world.” 


— 42— 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


X  LL  service  ranks  the  same  with  God — 

There  is  no  last  or  first. 

— Robert  Browning. 

HE  common  problem,  yours,  mine,  every  one’s. 

Is  not  to  fancy  what  were  fair  in  life, 

Provided  it  could  be — but  finding  first 

What  may  be,  then  find  how  to  make  it  fair 

Up  to  our  means.  — Browning. 

||  F  I  were  to  be  asked  what  is  the  great  want  of  English 
society — to  mingle  class  with  class — I  would  say  in  a 
word  the  want  is  the  want  of  sympathy. 

— Thomas  N.  Talfourd . 

>  E  thou  the  rainbow  to  the  storms  of  life ! 

The  evening  beam  that  smiles  the  clouds  away 
And  tints  to-morrow  with  prophetic  ray. 

*  — Byron. 

%  HE  man  who  is  capable  of  generating  enthusiasm  can't 
be  whipped. — Edward  Bulwer. 

jj  N  the  long  run  a  man  becomes  what  he  purposes,  and 
gains  for  himself  wrhat  he  really  desires. 

— Hamilton  Wright  Mabie. 


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RIENDSHIP  requires  that  rare  mean  between  betwixt 
likeness  and  unlikeness  that  piques  each  with  the  pres¬ 
ence  of  power  and  of  consent  in  the  other  party. 

— Emerson . 

i CM* 

2D  IE  when  I  may,  I  want  it  said  of  me,  by  those  who  know 
me  best,  that  I  always  plucked  a  thistle  and  planted  a 
flower  when  I  thought  a  flower  would  grow. 

— Abraham  Lincoln . 


HERE  is  no  preservative  and  antiseptic,  nothing  that 
keeps  one's  heart  young  like  sympathy,  like  giving  one’s 
self  with  enthusiasm  to  some  worthy  thing  or  cause. 

— John  Burroughs. 


AIL!  Fail! 

In  the  lexicon  of  youth  which  fate  reserves 
For  a  bright  manhood,  there  is  no  such  word  as  fail. 

— Bulwer  Lytton. 

2fl3  LESSED  are  they  who  have  the  gift  of  making  friends, 
for  it  is  one  of  God’s  best  gifts.  It  involves  many 
things,  but,  above  all,  the  power  of  going  out  of  one’s  self 
and  seeing  and  appreciating  whatever  is  noble  and  loving  in 
another. — Thomas  Hughes. 


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E  true  to  right;  let  justice  still 
Her  even  balance  claim; 
Unawed,  unbribed,  through  good  or  ill 
Make  rectitude  your  aim.” 


WOULD  rather  be  right  than  be  President. 

— Henry  Clay . 


C  HE  TEST  of  friendship  is  its  fidelity  when  every  charm 
of  fortune  and  environment  has  been  swept  away,  and 
the  bare,  undraped  character  alone  remains;  if  love  still  holds 
steadfast,  and  the  joy  of  companionship  still  survives,  in 
such  an  hour,  the  fellowship  becomes  a  beautiful  prophet 
of  immortality. 

— Hamilton  Wright  Mabie . 


*4 

%0  live  on,  even  when  life  seems  a  failure  and  the  com¬ 
forts  of  life  are  gone;  to  count  patient  living  the 
real  living,  with  or  without  comfort — that  is  to  be  truly 
brave.  — Phillips  Brooks. 


“3Let  every  man, 
under  his  roof 
family  to  some  social  library, 
be  sacrificed  to  this.” 


if  possible,  gather  some  good  books 
and  obtain  access  for  himself  and 
Almost  every  luxury  should 


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®he  question  for  each  man  to  settle  is  not  what  he  would 
do  if  he  had  the  means,  time,  influence  and  educational 
advantages;  the  question  is  what  will  he  do  with  the  things 
he  has.  The  moment  a  young  man  ceases  to  dream  or  to 
bemoan  his  lack  of  opportunities  and  resolutely  looks  his  con¬ 
ditions  in  the  face,  and  resolves  to  chance  them,  he  lays  the 
corner-stone  of  a  solid  and  honorable  success. 

— Hamilton  Wright  Mahie. 

GAMBLING. 

%  HIS  is  a  vice  which  is  productive  of  every  possible  evil, 
equally  injurious  to  the  morals  and  health  of  its 
votaries.  It  is  the  child  of  avarice,  the  brother  of  iniquity,  and 
the  father  of  mischief.  — George  Washington. 

2L  LL  the  genius  I  have  lies  just  in  this:  When  I  have  a 
subject  in  hand,  I  study  it  profoundly.  Day  and  night 
it  is  before  me.  I  explore  it  in  all  its  bearings;  my  mind 
becomes  pervaded  with  it.  Then  the  effort  which  I  make 
the  people  are  pleased  to  call  the  fruit  of  genius.  It  is  the 
fruit  of  labor  and  thought.  — Alexander  Hamilton. 

F  a  man  does  not  make  new  acquaintances  as  he  advances 
'  through  life,  he  will  soon  find  himself  alone.  A  man, 
sir,  should  keep  his  friendships  in  constant  repair. 

— Dr.  Johnson. 


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UCCESS  in  life  depends  far  more  upon  decision  of 
character  than  upon  the  possession  of  what  is  called 
genius.  The  man  who  is  perpetually  hesitating  as  to  which 
of  two  things  he  will  do,  will  do  neither. 

— William  Wirt . 


ERTAIN  it  is,  that  the  best  passport  to  society  a  young- 
man  can  have,  next  to  a  clean  character,  is  the  pos¬ 
session  of  fine  manners.  — Mary  A.  Livermore . 

I  ET  yourself  earnestly  to  see  what  you  were  made  to  do, 
and  then  set  yourself  earnestly  to  do  it;  and  the 
loftier  your  purpose  is  the  more  sure  you  will  be  to  make 
the  world  richer  with  every  enrichment  of  yourself. 

— Phillips  Brooks. 

iD  OU  may  be  great,  you  may  be  good, 

You  may  be  noble,  more  or  less; 

But  all  that  will  be  understood 

Will  be  your  tangible  success. 

— Robert  Burns. 


u 


UCCESS  is  not  measured  by  what  a  man  accomplishes, 
but  by  the  opposition  he  has  encountered  and  the 
courage  with  which  he  maintained  the  struggle  against  over¬ 
whelming  odds.” 


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2^  HO  is  the  honest  man? 

He  that  doth  still  and  strongly  good  pursue, 

To  God,  his  neighbor  and  himself  most  true, 
Whom  neither  force  nor  fawning  can 

Unpin,  or  wrench  from  giving  all  their  due. 

— George  Herbert . 

“tC  HE  wind  never  blows  fair  for  that  sailor  who  knows 
not  to  what  port  he  is  bound.” 

{£rue  mastery  is  compact  of  supreme  qualities.  It  is 
heroism;  it  is  culture;  it  is  intelligence;  it  is  en¬ 
durance;  it  is  unconquerable  will! 

— James  Thomas  Fields . 


jaUMILlTY  is  the  part  of  wisdom,  and  is  most  becoming 
in  men.  But  let  no  one  discourage  self-reliance;  it  is, 
of  all,  the  greatest  quality  of  true  manliness. 

— Louis  Kossuth. 


FRIVOLOUS  word,  a  sharp  retort, 

A  flash  from  a  passing  cloud, 

Two  hearts  are  scathed  to  their  inmost  core, 
Are  ashes  and  dust  forever  more; 

Two  faces  turn  to  the  crowd, 

Masked  by  pride  with  a  life-long  lie, 

To  hide  the  scars  of  that  agony” 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


&  OVE  contains  no  complete  and  lasting  happiness  save 
in  the  transparent  atmosphere  of  perfect  sincerity. 

— Maurice  Maeterlinck. 


that  is  choice  of  his  time  will  be  choice  of  his  com¬ 
pany  and  choice  of  his  actions. 


— Jeremy  Taylor . 


%  O  LIVE  content  with  small  means — to  seek  elegance 
rather  than  luxury,  and  refinement  rather  than  fashion, 
to  be  worthy,  not  respectable,  and  wealthy,  not  rich — to 
study  hard,  think  quietly,  talk  gently,  act  frankly,  to  listen 
to  stars  and  birds,  babes  and  sages,  with  open  heart — to 
bear  all  cheerfully — do  all  bravely,  await  occasions — never 
hurry;  in  a  word,  to  let  the  spiritual,  unbidden  and  un¬ 
conscious  grow  up  through  the  common.  This  is  to  be  my 
symphony.  — William  Ellery  C banning. 


X  BOOK  is  a  friend;  a  good  book  is  a  good  friend.  It 
will  talk  to  you  when  you  want  it  to  talk,  and  it  will 
keep  still  when  you  want  it  to  keep  still — and  there  are  not 
many  friends  who  know  enough  to  do  that.  A  library  is 
a  collection  of  friends.  — Lyman  Abbott . 


ESTERDAY’S  successes  belong  to  yesterday  with  all  yes¬ 
terday’s  defeats  and  sorrows.  The  day  is  Here.  The 
time  is  Now.  — Elbert  Hubbard. 


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Immortality  will  come  to  such  as  are  fit  for  it;  and 
he  who  would  be  a  great  soul  in  the  future  must  be  a 
great  soul  now.  — Emerson . 

X  S  O'ER  glacier's  frozen  sheet 

Breathes  soft  the  Alpine  rose, 

So  through  life's  desert  springing  sweet. 

The  flower  of  Friendship  grows. 

— Oliver  Wendell  Holmes . , 

(J^OURAGE,  moreover,  is  the  presage  of  success ;  to  believe 
in  one's  self  and  one's  power  is  always  half  the  battle. 

— ; William  J.  Tilley. 


“a  NAMBY-PAMBY,  nerveless  man  has  little  show  in 
the  hustling,  bustling  world  of  to-day.  In  the  twen¬ 
tieth  century  a  man  must  either  push  or  be  pushed." 


****** 


“  jaAPPINESS  does  not  depend  on  money  or  leisure,  or 
society,  or  even  on  health;  it  depends  on  our  relation 
to  those  we  love." 


%  O  TRAVEL  hopefully  is  a  better  thing  than  to  arrive, 
and  the  true  success  if  to  labor. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 


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Resolve  to  cultivate  a  cheerful  spirit,  a  smiling  counte¬ 
nance  and  a  soothing  voice.  The  sweet  smile,  the  sub¬ 
dued  speech,  the  hopeful  mind  are  earth’s  most  potent  con- 
querers,  and  he  who  cultivates  them  becomes  a  very  master 
among  men. — Elbert  Hubbard. 

A  PRAYER 

0  POWERS  That  Be,  make  me  sufficient  to  my  own  occa¬ 
sions.  Teach  me  to  know  and  to  observe  the  Rules  of 
the  game.  Give  me  to  mind  my  own  business  at  all  times  and 
to  lose  no  good  opportunity  of  holding  my  tongue.  Let  me 
never  lack  proper  pride  or  a  due  sense  of  humor.  Preserve, 
oh,  preserve  me  from  growing  stodgy  and  unimaginative. 

Plelp  me  not  to  cry  for  the  moon,  or  over  spilled  milk;  to 
manage  my  physical  constitution  and  my  practical  affairs  dis¬ 
creetly;  never  to  dramatize  my  spirtual  discomforts. 

Grant  me  neither  to  proffer  nor  to  welcome  cheap  praise; 
to  distinguish  sharply  between  sentiment  and  sentimentality, 
cleaving  to  the  one  and  despising  the  other. 

Deliver  me  from  emotional  excess.  Deliver  me  from 
atrophy  of  the  emotions. 

When  it  is  appointed  me  to  suffer,  let  me,  so  far  as  hu¬ 
manely  may  be  possible,  take  example  from  the  dear,  well- 
bred  beasts,  and  go  away  quietly  to  bear  my  suffering  by 
myself. 

Let  me  not  dwell  in  the  outer  whirlwind  of  things  and 
events;  guide  me,  rather,  to  the  Central  Calm,  and  grant  that 
I  may  abide  therein.  Give  me,  nevertheless,  to  be  always 
a  good  comrade,  and  to  view  the  passing  show  with  an  eye 

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CHEERY  IDEALS 


constantly  growing  keener,  a  charity  broadening  and  deepen¬ 
ing  day  by  day. 

Help  me  to  win,  if  win  I  may;  but — and  this,  Oh  Powers, 
especialy — if  I  may  not  win,  make  me  a  good  loser. 

Vouchsafe  me  not  to  estrange  the  other  me  at  my  elbow; 
suffer  not  my  primal  light  to  wane;  and  grant  that  I  may 
carry  my  cup  brimming,  yet  unspilled,  to  the  last.  Amen. 

— Eliza  Atkins  Stone  ( From  “Life”) 

ELEGY. 

«H  SNATCH’D  away  in  beauty’s  bloom! 

On  thee  shall  press  no  ponderous  tomb; 

But  on  thy  turf  shall  roses  rear 
Their  leaves,  the  earliest  of  the  year, 

And  the  wild  cypress  wave  in  tender  gloom; 

And  oft  by  yon  blue  gushing  stream 
Shall  Sorrow  lean  her  drooping  head, 

And  feed  deep  thought  with  many  a  dream, 

And  lingering  pause  and  lightly  tread; 

Fond  wretch !  as  if  her  step  disturb’d  the 
dead! 

Away !  we  know  that  tears  are  vain, 

That  Death  nor  heeds  nor  hears  distress; 

Will  this  unteach  us  to  complain? 

Or  make  one  mourner  weep  the  less? 

And  thou,  who  tell’st  me  to  forget, 

Thy  looks  are  wan,  thine  eyes  are  wet. 

— Lord  Byron . 


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RETRIBUTION. 

HOUGH  the  mills  of  God  grind  slowly, 
yet  they  grind '.exceedingly  small; 
Though  with  patience  he  stands  waiting, 
with  exactness  grinds  he  all. 

From  the  German  of  F.  Von  Logau. 
Translation  of  H.  W .  Longfellow. 


2>  ID  you  tackle  that  trouble  that  came  your  way 
With  a  resolute  heart  and  cheerful; 

Or  hide  your  face  from  the  light  of  day 
With  a  craven  soul  and  fearful? 

Oh,  a  trouble’s  a  ton  or  a  trouble’s  an  ounce, 

Or  a  trouble  is  what  you  make  it — 

And  it  isn’t  the  fact  that  you’re  hurt  that  counts, 
But  only  how  did  you  take  it? 


You  are  beaten  to  earth?  Well,  well,  what’s  that? 

Come  up  with  a  smiling  face. 

It’s  nothing  against  you  to  fall  down  flat; 

But  to  lie  there — that’s  disgrace. 

The  harder  you’re  thrown,  why  the  higher  you’ll  bounce; 

Be  proud  of  your  blackened  eye; 

It  isn’t  the  fact  that  you’re  licked  that  counts, 

It’s  how  did  you  fight,  and  why? 

And  tho  you  be  done  to  the  death,  what  then?  / 

If  you  battled  the  best  you  could, 

If  you  played  your  part  in  the  world  of  men. 


—53— 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


Why  the  Critic  will  call  it  good. 

Death  comes  with  a  crawl,  or  comes  with  a  bounce; 

And  whether  he’s  slow  or  spry, 

Jt  isn’t  the  fact  that  you’re  dead  that  counts, 

But  only,  how  did  you  die? 


jF  AILURE  is,  in  a  sense,  the  highway  to  success,  inasmuch 
as  every  discovery  of  what  is  false  leads  us  to  seek 
earnestly  after  what  is  true,  and  every  fresh  experience 
points  out  some  form  of  error  which  we  shall  afterward 
carefully  avoid.  — John  Keats. 


m  ECAUSE  you  loved  me,  I  have  much  achieved; 

Had  you  despised  me,  then  I  must  have  failed ; 

But  knowing  that  you  trusted  and  believed, 

X  ^ared  not  disappoint,  and  so  prevailed. 

— Paul  Lawrence  Dunbar. 


i,m  E  call  him  strong  who  stands  unmoved, — 
Calm  as  some  tempest-beaten  rock — 

When  some  great  trouble  hurls  its  shock; 

We  say  of  him,  ‘His  strength  is  proved’; 

But  when  the  spent  storm  folds  its  wings, 
How  bears  he  then  life’s  little  things?” 

“Jf*  NOWLEDGE  is  power” 


—54 — 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


HE  recollection  of  a  friend  we  admire,  is  a  great  force 
to  save  us  from  evil  and  to  prompt  us  to  good. 

— Black. 

EVER  tell  evil  of  a  man  if  you  do  not  know  it  for  a 
certainty,  and  if  you  know  it  for  a  certainty,  then  ask 
yourself,  “Why  should  I  tell  it?” 

* — Lavater. 

IMS* 

VERY  small  river  will  carry  a  good  deal  of  water  to 
sea — if  it  keep  running.” 

i>  UCCESS  in  life  is  a  matter  not  so  much  of  talent  or 
opportunity  as  of  concentration  and  perseverance. 

— Chas.  IV.  Wendt c. 

|J%E  prayeth  best  who  loveth  best 

All  things  both  great  and  small; 

For  the  dear  God,  who  loveth  us, 

He  made  and  loveth  all. 

— Samuel  T.  Coleridge. 


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HE  nearer  you  come  into  relation  with  a  person,  the 
more  necessary  do  tact  and  courtesy  become. 

— H  o  lines. 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


%  HE  best  of  men  and  the  most  earnest  workers  will  make 
enough  mistakes  to  make  them  humble.  Thank  God 
for  mistakes  and  take  courage.  Don't  give  up  on  account  of 
mistakes. — Dwight  L.  Moody. 

IMS* 

“J^ET  us  grow  out  of  the  idea  that  because  we  do  some 
one  a  favor  or  render  him  a  service,  that  he  is 
therefore  under  some  transcendent  obligation  to  us.  Let  us 
recognize  the  truth — that  it  is  we  who  are  obliged  if  he  will 
permit  us  to  do  him  a  favor” 

IMS* 

AVE  faith  in  nothing  but  in  industry, 

Be  at  it  late  and  early,  persevere, 

And  work  right  on,  through  censure  and  applause. 

— Henry  IVadsworth  Longfellow . 

1£*tS* 

C  HERE  is  nothing  so  laborious  as  not  to  labor.  Blessed 
is  he  who  devotes  his  life  to  great  and  noble  ends, 
and  who  forms  his  well-considered  plans  with  deliberate  wis¬ 
dom.  — St.  Augustine . 

IMS* 

XPERT  men  can  execute,  and  perhaps  judge  of  particu¬ 
lars,  one  by  one ;  but  the  general  counsels,  and  the 
plots  and  marshalling  of  affairs,  come  best  from  those  who 
are  learned. — Lord  Francis  Bacon. 


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II  ET  us  have  faith  that  right  makes  might,  and  in  that 
faith  let  us  to  the  end  dare  to  do  our  duty  as  we 
understand  it.  — Abraham  Lincoln. 


®HE  mind  has  a  thousand  eyes, 
And  the  heart  but  one; 

Yet  the  light  of  a  whole  life  dies 
When  love  is  done. 

— F.  W.  Bourdillon. 


C  EACH  me  to  feel  another’s  woe, 

To  hide  the  fault  I  see; 

That  mercy  I  to  others  show, 

That  mercy  show  to  me. 

— Alexander  Pope . 


jgO  one  can  ask  honestly  or  hopefully  to  be  delivered  from 
temptation  unless  he  has  himself  honestly  and  firmly 
determined  to  do  the  best  he  can  to  keep  out  of  it. 

— John  Ruskin. 


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F  you  have  gracious  words  to  say 

Oh,  give  them  to  our  hearts  to-day, 
But  if  your  words  will  cause  us  sorrow, 
Pray  keep  them  till  the  last  to-morrow.” 


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AN  may  direct  the  intellect,  but  woman  directs  the  heart. 

— Samuel  Smiles. 


m  HO  conquers  self — he  is  hero  born ; 

His  name  may  die,  forgotten  by  his  peers, 
Be  yet  the  seed  he  sowed  in  care  and  tears 
Shall  bear  rich  harvests  through  immortal  years. 

— F.  A .  Shazv. 


SPIRE,  break  bounds !  I  say 
Endeavor  to  be  good,  and  better  still, 
And  best !  — Robert  Brozvning. 


ESOLVED,  to  ask  myself  at  the  end  of  every  day,  week, 
month  and  year  wherein  I  could  possibly  in  any  respect 
have  done  better. — Jonathan  Edwards. 


ETER  every  storm  the  sun  will  smile;  for  every  problem 
there  is  a  solution,  and  the  sours  indefensible  duty  is 
to  be  of  good  cheer. — Wm.  R.  Alger . 


%  O  educate  the  heart,  one  must  be  willing  to  go  out  of 
himself  and  to  come  into  loving  contact  with  others. 

— James  Freeman  Clarke. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


“J13  OR  love  nor  honor,  wealth  nor  power, 
Can  give  the  heart  a  cheerful  hour, 
When  health  is  lost.  Be  timely  wise; 

With  health  all  taste  of  pleasure  flies.” 

m  E  what  thou  seemst ;  live  thy  creed, 
Hold  up  to  earth  the  touch  divine; 

Be  what  thou  prayest  to  be  made; 

Let  the  great  Master's  steps  be  thine. 

— Horatio  Bonar. 


JL  ET  a  man  have  but  an  aim,  a  purpose,  and  opportunities 
to  attain  his  end  shall  start  forth  like  buds  at  the  kiss 
of  spring. — John  Lancaster  Spalding. 

K 

ET  ere  we  part,  one  lesson  I  can  leave  you 
For  every  day  .... 

Be  good  .... 

Do  noble  things,  not  dream  them,  all  day  long; 

And  so  make  life,  death,  and  that  vast  forever 
One  grand  sweet  song.  — Charles  Kingsley. 


m  ESOLVE  to  perform  what  you  ought;  perform  without 
fail  what  you  promise.  — Benjamin  Franklin. 


CHEERY  IDEALS 


%  HE  greatest  success  is  confidence,  or  perfect  understand¬ 
ing  between  sincere  people.  — Emerson. 

:  N  many  a  mountain  fastness, 

By  many  a  river’s  foam, 

And  through  the  gorgeous  cities, 

’Twas  loneliness  to  roam; 

For  the  sweetest  music  in  my  heart 
Was  the  olden  song  of  home. 

— Bayard  Taylor . 

WOULD  not  give  a  farthing  for  a  man’s  religion  if  his 
dog  and  cat  are  not  the  better  for  it. 

— Rowland  Hill. 

m  E  not  simply  good — be  good  for  something. 

— Thoreau. 

*‘J9  OT  everything  that  succeeds  is  success;  a  man  may 
make  a  million  and  be  a  failure  still.” 


C  OME  what  wiH* 1  will  keep  my  faith  with  friend  and  foe. 

— Abraham  Lincoln. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


a>  ON’T  flatter  yourself  that  friendship  authorizes  you  to 
say  disagreeable  things  to  your  intimates.  The  nearer 
you  come  into  relation  with  a  person,  the  more  necessary  do 
tact  and  courtesy  become.  Except  in  cases  of  necessity,  which 
are  rare,  leave  your  friend  to  learn  unpleasant  things  from 
his  enemies;  they  are  ready  enough  to  tell  them. 

— Holmes. 


€  HE  only  way  to  have  a  friend  is  to  be  one. 


— Emerson . 


Y  friend,  is  one  whom  I  can  associate  with  my  choicest 
thoughts.  — Thoreau. 

F  what  shall  a  man  be  proud,  if  he  is  not  proud  of  his 
friends?  — Stevenson. 


LETTERS. 

2  l  VERY  day  brings  a  ship, 

*  Every  ship  brings  a  word ; 

Well,  for  those  who  have  no  fear, 
Looking  seaward  well  assured 
That  the  word  the  vessel  brings 
Is  the  word  they  wish  to  hear. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

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CHEERY  IDEALS 


3’ 


THE  SWEETS  OF  LOVE. 
yHEN  awake! — the  heavens  look  bright, 
my  dear! 

’T  is  never  too  late  for  delight,  my  dear! 

And  the  best  of  all  ways 
To  lengthen  our  days, 

Is  to  steal  a  few  hours  from  the  night,  my 
dear! 

Young  May  Moon.  — Moore . 

real  comforts  of  life  cost  but  a  small  proportion  of 
what  most  of  us  can  earn.  — P.  T.  Barnum. 

M  GOOD  name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches, 
and  loving  favor  than  silver  and  golcL  — Bible. 


^.ELF-REVERENCE,  self-knowledge,  self-control;  these 
three  alone  lead  life  to  sovereign  power. 

— Alfred  Tennyson. 


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T  is  surely  much  better  to  pardon  too  much  than  to  con¬ 
demn  too  much.  — Geo .  Eliot. 


gTVOING  right  never  hurt  anybody;  doing  wrong  always 
does.  — Garfield. 


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who  does  not  strive  after  something  with  eagerness, 
finds  everything  burdensome  and  tedious. 

— Lord  Francis  Bacon . 


3* 


is  only  when  good  habits  exist  that  principles  can  exert 
an  ennobling  influence.  — Aristotle . 


JI^ever  despair,  but  if  you  do,  work  in  despair. 

— Edmund  Burke . 


Everybody  finds  out,  sooner  or  later,  that  all  success 
worth  having  is  founded  on  Christian  rules  of  conduct. 

—H.  M.  Field. 


X  LITTLE  learning  is  a  dangerous  thing,  but  it's  not  half 
so  risky  as  none  at  all. 


m  HAT  do  we  live  for  If  not  to  make  the  world  less 
difficult  for  each  other?  — George  Eliot. 


&  RUTII  and  right  are  above  utility  in  all  realms  of  thought 
and  action.  — Charles  William  Eliot. 


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CHEERY  IDEALS 


m  HEN  things  first  got  to  goin’  wrong  with  me,  I  says:' 

“O  Lord,  whatever  comes,  keep  me  from  gittin  sour !” 
Since  then  I’ve  made  it  a  practice  to  put  all  my  worries  down 
in  the  bottom  of  my  heart,  then  set  on  the  lid  an’  smile. 

— Mrs.  Wiggs . 

OR  a  woman  to  be  wise  and  at  the  same  time  womanly, 
is  to  wield  a  tremendous  influence  which  may  be  felt  for 
good  in  the  lives  of  generations  to  come. 

— David  Starr  Jordan . 

OU  cannot,  in  any  given  case,  by  any  sudden  and  single 
effort,  will  to  be  true,  if  the  habit  of  your  life  has  been 
incerity.  — F.  W.  Robertson . 

i|7)0  one  but  yourself  can  make  your  life  beautiful,  no  one 
can  be  pure,  honorable  and  loving  for  you. 

— R.  Miller. 

yjT  HE  essence  of  friendship  is  entireness,  a  total  mag* 


nammity  and  trust. 


— Emerson. 


X  FRIEND  is  a  person  with  whom  I  may  be  sincere. 
Before  him,  I  may  think  aloud.  — Emerson. 


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